Washington, U.S.A. — Jacob York Presents, one of the nation’s premier nightlife brands, recently announced their celebrity line-up for the 2012 Howard University Homecoming festivities. Geared to be one of the biggest weekends to hit the DC area, guest appearances will include hip-hop heavyweights Diddy, T.I., Gucci Mane and Model/Actress Sheneka Adams.

Themed as “Legendary: The Essence of Icons,” the 2012 Howard University Homecoming nightlife events will not fall short of expectations. Jacob York Presents will kick-off the weekend with Gucci Mane’s mixtape release party hosted by model/actress Sheneka Adams. Superstar and Howard University graduate Diddy will return to celebrate his 20th anniversary by hosting the official yard fest after party on Friday, October 19 at Ibiza Nightclub. Grand Hustle’s King, T.I., will close out the weekend on Saturday, October 20 with a special appearance at Fur Nightclub.

Jacob York, President and Founder of Jacob York Presents, states, “Howard University has proven over and over again to be one of the biggest and most anticipated homecoming events for the urban community. Everyone from Ludacris to Atlanta’s own Mayor Kasim Reed frequent this event yearly.” York continues, “As a premier nightlife brand, it was very important to us to continue the legacy by hosting three of hip-hop’s chart-topping artists at this year’s festivities … one with whom got his start at Howard.”

Event Details:

Thursday, October 18, 2012
Gucci Mane Mixtape Release hosted by Sheneka Adams
Howard’s Homecoming Kick-off PartY
Stadium Club | 2127 Queens Chapel Road NE | Washington, DC 20018

Friday, October 19, 2012
Diddy Howard Homecoming Yardfest After Party
Ibiza | 1222 1st Street NE | Washington, DC 20002

Saturday, October 20, 2012
T.I. hosts Howard Homecoming After Party
Fur | 33 Patterson Street Northeast | Washington, DC 20002

Advanced tickets are available for purchase. To purchase tickets, please visit http://www.jacobyorkpresents.com.

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New York, U.S.A — DMX, Snoop Dogg and T.I. return to the BET Hip Hop Awards as 2012 cypher participants representing the East Coast, West Coast and Down South alongside Eve, A.$.A.P. Rocky, Cassidy, Mystikal, Talib Kweli, B.O.B and more. The BET Hip Hop Awards, filmed at Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center on Saturday, September 29, features six highly anticipated on-air and three digital cyphers exclusive to BET.com.

Among the six cyphers unveiled at this year’s exciting show, fans can look forward to another year of 16 tantalizing bars that cannot be seen nor heard anywhere else other than the BET Hip Hop Awards. As audiences at home anticipate the 2012 cyphers, BET takes a look back at some of your favorite moments from previous years on a two-part “Cypher Replay” special airing October 1 and 2 at 8:00 P.M.*  “Cypher Replay” features memorable past Hip Hop Awards performances from top emcees including Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, KRS One, Juelz Santana and Eminem. With exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, the special includes insightful interviews provided by DJ Premiere, Pusha T, Jadakiss, Slaughterhouse, Big Sean and many more chronicling their journey into The Cypher.

BET.com/HipHopAwards is the official site for the BET Hip Hop Awards 2012 where fans can visit to get up-to-date info on this year’s show and take a look back on past BET Hip Hop Awards. In the coming weeks, BET.com will launch a series of interactive timelines, exclusive video content, games and quizzes leading up to the show. To become a BET.com member and register for our BET Newsletter log on to http://www.bet.com/register.html.

BET’s inaugural Hip Hop Awards APP is available now for iPhone and Android. It provides a detailed history of the show since its inception in 2006 – hundreds of artists, past winners, cyphers, acceptance speeches and more. “The Lineup” allows app users to predict the order of this year’s show performer and a real-time Tweet map shows you what the country and your favorite artists are saying about the show. And for the first time ever, one award – the Best Hip Hop Online Site – will be determined solely by app users.

Join the conversation on social media by logging on to BET’s multiple social media platforms:

• On Twitter by using hashtag: #HipHopAwards; and following us @HipHopAwards and @BET
• On Facebook by liking the fan page at facebook.com/HipHopAwards

Stephen G. Hill, BET’s President of Music Programming and Specials, Lynne Harris Taylor, BET’s Vice President of Specials, will serve as Executive Producers for the BET Hip Hop Awards, along with Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment.

Official sponsors of The BET Hip Hop Awards include Sprite, Verizon, Reese’s, Ubisoft/Hip Hop Dance Experience, Dodge Dart, NBCU/’Man with the Iron Fist’.

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